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eviltastic
Feb 8, 2004

Fan of Britches

Nissin Cup Nudist posted:

Wait, 16 felony counts results in community service?

That's odd

Well yeah, it's a face saving lie.

HOTLANTA MAN posted:

Its absolutely possible (and very likely imo) that Chicago police are both
A)corrupt but also
B) got it right that Jussie was stupid enough to fake a hate crime and hide behind his status as a gay black actor to get a raise.

You're leaving out the step that explains why status as a famous gay black man would do anything to cause a DA to run like hell from their own charges.

What is plausible is the police weren't just corrupt, but were so incompetent that burying the case was preferable to revealing what the DA would be obliged to disclose to defense counsel. But at this point, there's no reason not to give Smollett the benefit of the doubt. And every reason to deny it to the Chicago PD.

eviltastic fucked around with this message at 16:55 on Mar 26, 2019

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Rent-A-Cop
Oct 15, 2004

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

sexpig by night posted:

I mean, this is a really unusual thing, you don't often see prosecutors dropping a case they have indictments on unless they're in a situation where they can't ethically bring forth a case they can't prove. There's not really any other context to this stuff.
They're dropping it because CPD hosed a beehive on this one and they want the FBI to go away

Koalas March
May 21, 2007



HOTLANTA MAN posted:

He's also a bad actor and Empire sucks

Empire is an awesome soap opera with fun guest stars and Taraji P Henson is a treasure.



Jussie is also really good on it and like the whole heart of the show sorry

Everyone go stream Empire on Hulu

Redgrendel2001
Sep 1, 2006

you literally think a person saying their NBA team of choice being better than the fucking 76ers is a 'schtick'

a literal thing you think.

HOTLANTA MAN posted:

Its absolutely possible (and very likely imo) that Chicago police are both
A)corrupt but also
B) got it right that Jussie was stupid enough to fake a hate crime and hide behind his status as a gay black actor to get a raise.

Rent-A-Cop posted:

They're dropping it because CPD hosed a beehive on this one and they want the FBI to go away

TheScott2K
Oct 26, 2003

I'm just saying, there's a nonzero chance Trump has a really toad penis.

HOTLANTA MAN posted:

Its absolutely possible (and very likely imo) that Chicago police are both
A)corrupt but also
B) got it right that Jussie was stupid enough to fake a hate crime and hide behind his status as a gay black actor to get a raise.

Look at this loving dumbass.

1glitch0
Sep 4, 2018

I DON'T GIVE A CRAP WHAT SHE BELIEVES THE HARRY POTTER BOOKS CHANGED MY LIFE #HUFFLEPUFF

Radish posted:

During Obama's two terms he lost both houses of congress, a huge amount of state positions, let judicial appointments fester until they could be filled by Trump. He's the absolute last person that should be giving anyone advice about the "price tag" of their service. We paid a huge price so that we could bail out a bunch of banks, write up the TPP in secret which never even got enacted, and get a half baked healthcare bill that was immediately deconstructed due to it being overly designed to not impact the insurance industry. He should just go and enjoy millionaire island and not keep things lovely for everyone else while better people like these freshmen he's lecturing try and pick up the pieces.

As someone who saw through Obama's act from the very beginning, I have to admit I get a little joy out of everyone finally realizing what a piece of poo poo he is/was after so many years of everyone telling me how he was the second coming of Christ.

HOTLANTA MAN
Jul 4, 2010

by Hand Knit
Lipstick Apathy

TheScott2K posted:

Look at this loving dumbass.

Dont sign your posts

Eggplant Squire
Aug 14, 2003


eh

Gort
Aug 18, 2003

Good day what ho cup of tea

sexpig by night posted:

lol holy poo poo I turned on Fox hoping to see a stray tear or two but they're literally playing the original charging announcement by the cops and poo poo as if they're desperately trying to will an alternate timeline into creation.

Why would truth or reality start mattering to Fox now?

Stickman
Feb 1, 2004

HOTLANTA MAN posted:

Its absolutely possible (and very likely imo) that Chicago police are both
A)corrupt but also
B) got it right that Jussie was stupid enough to fake a hate crime and hide behind his status as a gay black actor to get a raise.

Cool, cool cool :fuckoff:

punchymcpunch
Oct 14, 2012



HOTLANTA MAN posted:

Its absolutely possible (and very likely imo) that Chicago police are both
A)corrupt but also
B) got it right that Jussie was stupid enough to fake a hate crime and hide behind his status as a gay black actor to get a raise.

haha

Pablo Nergigante
Apr 16, 2002

HOTLANTA MAN posted:

Dont sign your posts

Actually the correct comeback to that would have been "Turn your monitor on". Just quit now

TheScott2K
Oct 26, 2003

I'm just saying, there's a nonzero chance Trump has a really toad penis.

HOTLANTA MAN posted:

Hey everyone here I am getting ready to post

punchymcpunch
Oct 14, 2012



HOTLANTA MAN posted:

Dont sign your posts


TheScott2K posted:

Look at this loving dumbass.

Eggplant Squire
Aug 14, 2003


The line that he did that for money is literally what Rahm Emanuel, prominent Democrat, said to defend the cops.

InsertPotPun
Apr 16, 2018

Pissy Bitch stan

CuddleCryptid posted:

So yet another blatant lie whose discovery would be inevitable when they went to build the thing and whoops, no money
I doubt that would stop them. "Money" is literally an invention we created. To pretend it is some sort of restriction to anything at all is only for when it's going to be spent on helping black people.
The only reason Nazi Germany was so ok with socialism is because it came with a side of ethnic cleansing.

TulliusCicero
Jul 29, 2017



mcmagic posted:

It's pretty clear that Barr will be a more effective evil dooer in that job than Sessions.

Idk. Barr seems like a far more effective flunky but the dude is throwing himself into legal jeopardy and conflicts of interest left and right, so he doesn't seem very bright

That said, apparently laws and crimes don't matter if you have one House of Congress that will always sing your praises even if you curbstomped a kitten, so I guess nothing matters

SKULL.GIF
Jan 20, 2017


HOTLANTA MAN posted:

Its absolutely possible (and very likely imo) that Chicago police are both
A)corrupt but also
B) got it right that Jussie was stupid enough to fake a hate crime and hide behind his status as a gay black actor to get a raise.

What the gently caress is this?

punchymcpunch
Oct 14, 2012



is it hard to spell all those words correctly... COS YOURE POSTING IN A MIRROR!!!!!

HOTLANTA MAN
Jul 4, 2010

by Hand Knit
Lipstick Apathy

SKULL.GIF posted:

What the gently caress is this?

The truth

TheScott2K
Oct 26, 2003

I'm just saying, there's a nonzero chance Trump has a really toad penis.
you could get a good look at a butcher by getting your head up there

punishedkissinger
Sep 20, 2017

InsertPotPun posted:

The only reason Nazi Germany was so ok with socialism is because it came with a side of ethnic cleansing.

Nazi Germany executed people for being socialists wtf are you talking about

Beastie
Nov 3, 2006

They used to call me tricky-kid, I lived the life they wish they did.


Why would you ever give the police the benefit of the doubt? Much less CPD.

HOTLANTA MAN
Jul 4, 2010

by Hand Knit
Lipstick Apathy
Because cops own

Pigbuster
Sep 12, 2010

Fun Shoe

HOTLANTA MAN posted:

Its absolutely possible (and very likely imo) that Chicago police are both
A)corrupt but also
B) got it right that Jussie was stupid enough to fake a hate crime and hide behind his status as a gay black actor to get a raise.

This kind of stubborn bullshit thinking is the cause of most of the world’s problems and you should probably do some introspection on that.

E: wow that was a quick probe

Doctor Butts
May 21, 2002

Ate My Balls Redux posted:

10 Million was way too much, he should have known 100k would have been basta

He owes a lot of money to people.

HOTLANTA MAN posted:

He's also a bad actor and Empire sucks

So?

Ugato
Apr 9, 2009

We're not?

HOTLANTA MAN posted:

Its absolutely possible (and very likely imo) that Chicago police...

B) got it right

:lol:

I mean, aside from the fact that we know they did not in fact “get it right”, just lol at the concept and you thinking it

sexpig by night
Sep 8, 2011

by Azathoth

InsertPotPun posted:

I doubt that would stop them. "Money" is literally an invention we created. To pretend it is some sort of restriction to anything at all is only for when it's going to be spent on helping black people.
The only reason Nazi Germany was so ok with socialism is because it came with a side of ethnic cleansing.

Nazi Germany, famous for being ok with socialism

Koalas March
May 21, 2007



"Bad actor"

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDp_jmkPbiQ

Jamal Lyon is a precious angel 👼🏾

watch Empire on Hulu

Koalas March fucked around with this message at 17:04 on Mar 26, 2019

CommieGIR
Aug 22, 2006

The blue glow is a feature, not a bug


Pillbug

InsertPotPun posted:

I doubt that would stop them. "Money" is literally an invention we created. To pretend it is some sort of restriction to anything at all is only for when it's going to be spent on helping black people.
The only reason Nazi Germany was so ok with socialism is because it came with a side of ethnic cleansing.

Nazi Germany was NOT okay with Socialism. Any reference to socialism was a bait and switch to get the Socialists on their side.

For instance: Hitler approved the May Day holiday that the Unions/Socialists had been working for. The NEXT DAY he abolished the Unions.

Socialists were the first ones into the camps alongside Politicians and Revolutionaries.

Guze
Oct 10, 2007

Regular Human Bartender

I really thought they'd get more than two days out of Barr's letter before doing something massively stupid.

Eggplant Squire
Aug 14, 2003


https://twitter.com/ChicagosMayor/status/1110566682047774722

Eggplant Squire fucked around with this message at 17:07 on Mar 26, 2019

TulliusCicero
Jul 29, 2017



InsertPotPun posted:

I doubt that would stop them. "Money" is literally an invention we created. To pretend it is some sort of restriction to anything at all is only for when it's going to be spent on helping black people.
The only reason Nazi Germany was so ok with socialism is because it came with a side of ethnic cleansing.

:what:

You do know the SA was murdered by the SS as soon as it was convenient, and the communists were rounded up and murdered before that?

Reik
Mar 8, 2004

Gatts posted:

Plea deal?

"All charges dropped" is a hell of a plea deal.

1glitch0
Sep 4, 2018

I DON'T GIVE A CRAP WHAT SHE BELIEVES THE HARRY POTTER BOOKS CHANGED MY LIFE #HUFFLEPUFF

HOTLANTA MAN posted:

Its absolutely possible (and very likely imo) that Chicago police are both
A)corrupt but also
B) got it right that Jussie was stupid enough to fake a hate crime and hide behind his status as a gay black actor to get a raise.

(USER WAS PUT ON PROBATION FOR THIS POST)

lol, if Chicago cops dropped charges against a black man it's because they had absolutely loving beneath zero on him.

Reik posted:

"All charges dropped" is a hell of a plea deal.

"I'll plea to that!"

I'm not lawyer scientist, so I don't know how dirty plea deals can get, but is it possible they dropped all charged if he didn't loving sue the department for a laundry list of leaks and bad behaviour on the case?

1glitch0 fucked around with this message at 17:12 on Mar 26, 2019

Shimrra Jamaane
Aug 10, 2007

Obscure to all except those well-versed in Yuuzhan Vong lore.

Guze posted:

I really thought they'd get more than two days out of Barr's letter before doing something massively stupid.

I’ve been honestly surprised at how relatively... subdued their victory lap had been at least compared to what I expected.

CuddleCryptid
Jan 11, 2013

Things could be going better

Shimrra Jamaane posted:

I’ve been honestly surprised at how relatively... subdued their victory lap had been at least compared to what I expected.

They are trying to bury the report so they probably want to drop attention from it as quickly as they can.

Rent-A-Cop
Oct 15, 2004

I posted my food for USPOL Thanksgiving!

Reik posted:

"All charges dropped" is a hell of a plea deal.
Deferred prosecution isn't there same as "charges dropped." The media is being very dumb about this.

CPD hosed up and probably did tons of illegal and/or civilly actionable poo poo that they are now realizing would all come out in court because Smollet wasn't gonna roll over like they hoped.

Ringo Star Get
Sep 18, 2006

JUST FUCKING TAKE OFF ALREADY, SHIT
Happy to see some chud friends on FB not sure to hate the cops or respect the cops for what happened with Jussie’s charges being dropped.

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ummel
Jun 17, 2002

<3 Lowtax

Fun Shoe
They probably just wanted to keep the $100k.

In addition to covering up whatever they were covering up. Keeping the bond money is really weird though.

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